Monika Dutt

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Monika Dutt
Born
Burlington, Ontario
Alma mater University of Toronto
Queen's University (MD)
Johns Hopkins University (MPH, MBA)
Organization(s)Upstream
Canadian Doctors for Medicare

Monika Dutt is a Nova Scotia based Canadian medical doctor, and a past chair of Canadian Doctors for Medicare. She is known for taking advocacy stances on social justice matters. She is a specialist in Public Health and Preventive Medicine and also in Family Medicine.

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Early life and education

Dutt is from Burlington, Ontario [1] and her mother was also a medical doctor. [2]

She studied the University of Toronto's Community Medicine Research Program and has a Doctorate in Medicine from Queen's University. [3]

She has a Masters of Business Administration and Masters of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University [3] and a MFA in Creative Writing from University of British Columbia. She is a PhD Candidate in Health Policy at McMaster University.

Politics

Dutt ran for the New Democratic Party in the 2015 Canadian federal election in the Sydney-Victoria riding, [4] and campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election. [5]

Career and advocacy

Dutt has practiced medicine in Ontario, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. [3] She is currently the Medical Officer of Health for Central and Western Newfoundland and Labrador and a family physician at the Ally Centre of Cape Breton. She is currently on the Board of the Broadbent Institute and the Cabot Trail Writers Festival. She has served on the board of directors of Doctors Nova Scotia, [6] chaired Canadian Doctors for Medicare , [7] and has been the medical officer for three provinces and territories in Canada: [8] Nova Scotia, [6] Newfoundland and Labrador, [9] and Northwest Territories [3]

She was the Executive Director of Upstream not for profit from 2017 to 2018. [6]

She was one of many doctors who signed an open letter to Canadian federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau calling for tax reform. [6]

Personal life

Dutt lives with her son [1] [10] in Sydney River, Nova Scotia. [11]

She is a cyclist. [11] In 2022, she won the H.R. (Bill) Percy Short Creative Non-Fiction Prize for her short story about single motherhood, Foundations. [12]

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References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 "Health unit finds new medical officer, CEO – Fort Frances Times". 19 December 2007. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  4. ↑ Amy, Smith (24 Aug 2015). "Canadian election 2015: Sydney-Victoria and what's at stake". CBC.
  5. ↑ MacDonald, Peggy (3 Nov 2016). "Cape Breton doctor Monika Dutt campaigns for Clinton". CBC.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Collier, Roger (2017-12-11). "Doctor who supported tax reforms removed from board of Doctors Nova Scotia". CMAJ. 189 (49): E1539–E1540. doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-5535. ISSN   0820-3946. PMC   5718901 . PMID   29229722.
  7. ↑ Collier, Roger (2017-09-01). "How physicians can "flex their advocacy muscles"". CMAJ. 189 (36): E1152. doi:10.1503/cmaj.1095479. ISSN   1488-2329. PMC   5595558 . PMID   28893880.
  8. ↑ Glauser, Wendy (2018-04-16). "Rise of women in medicine not matched by leadership roles". CMAJ. 190 (15): E479–E480. doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-5567. ISSN   0820-3946. PMC   5903894 . PMID   29661820.
  9. ↑ Ray, Carolyn (10 Nov 2021). "Pandemic showed need for national physician licence, doctors argue". CBC.
  10. ↑ Chiu, Elizabeth (20 April 2020). "Medical marathon: Doctors deal with their own stress so they can fight COVID-19". CBC.
  11. 1 2 Latimer, Emily (21 April 2022). "CBRM's decision to suspend active transportation funding 'unfortunate,' says cyclist". CBC.
  12. ↑ "Nova Writes Competition winners – Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia" . Retrieved 2022-05-18.
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